Skirt-supporter



No. 624,699. Patented May 9, I899.

W. S. STEELE.

SKIRT SUPPORTEB.

(Application filed July 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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\VILLIAM S. STEELE, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,699 dated May 9, 1899. Application filed July 28, 1898. $erial No. 687,118. (No modeli) do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this loops attached.

- hooks may bein the form of headed pins orspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in skirt-supports, and has for its object to provide a skirt-supporter that will not weaken, disfigure, or tear the skirt or shirt-waist; that can beworn on the finest fabric Without fear of tearing; that requires no stitching and ripping off, therefore may be easily removed from one garment to another, and which permits the wearing of any width of belt without exposing the supporter.

Of the accompanying drawings,which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a rear View showing my improved skirt-supporter attached to a shirt-waist and skirt. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the supporting-bar removed.

Fig. 3 is aview of one of the loops attachable to the skirt-band. Fig. 4 is a view of the inner side of a portion of a skirt-band with the Fig. 5is a view of a portion of a shirt-waist, showingtwo eyelets through which the supporting-bar may be slid.

The supporting-bar 1 is made of steel. and has two hooks 2 2 formed therein by stamping portions of the metal outwardly. These any other construction that provides means for attaching the parts that are applied to the skirt. have pins 4. 4:, that pass through the inner thickness 5 of the waistband of the skirt 6 and are secured in the curved end 7.

' The removable bar 1 is supported in a cloth case 8 on the lower part of the shirt-Waist 9, with the ends thereof exposed, so that the loops 3 may engage with the hooks 2 2 without any difficulty. The case 8 is sewed on the lower portion of the shirt-waist and pro- These latter parts or metal loops 3 3 vides a support for the bar 1 substantially the length of said bar, so that the draft on the shirt-waist will not be confined to a single small point. The' case S is preferable where the fabric of the'shirt-waist is of light material; but in cases where the goods from which the shirt-waist is made is of a co1nmade directly in the shirt-waist a distance apart substantially the length of the bar 1 or of suchlength as will permit the hooks on said bar to be exposed. In this latter construction the bar 1 will receive its support from the slits 1O 10. -Whether the case 8 or slits 10 are used the supporting-bar may be easily removed, as in neither case is any stitching required. In the use of the support where basques are worn the case 8 or slitslO may be placed on the inner side of the basque and the loops 3 3 on the outside of the skirt-band. The said loops 3 3are secured near the lower edge of the band of the skirt, so that the upper portion of said band will completely con ceal the supporting-bar 1.

A special feature of my invention consists of the means of attaching the supporting-bar to the shirt-waist, whereby the cloth is prevented from tearing, stitching and ripping is avoided, and a simple and efficient skirtsupporter is produced.

Having described my invention, I claiIn- In a skirt-supporter, the combination with a shirt-waist provided with a pocket or oasing 8 on the lower portion thereof, of a supporting-bar having hooks adjacent to its ends, the said supporting-bar being loosely supported in the casing 8 with the ends thereof having the hooks, projected beyond the ends of said casing; and loops 3 adapted to engage with the hooks on the supporting-bar, the said loops having pins 4 whereby they are detach ably united to the waistband of a skirt, subparatively heavy quality slits 1O 10 may be stantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own- I hereto affix my signature in press 

